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lig

Pronunciation: /liːj/

“lig” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. fire; flame

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laugi, from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“fire, flame, lightning”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”). Cognate with Old High German loug, Old Norse lǫygr, log, loga (“flame, low”). More at low.

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